Mastodawn

Today I gave a short talk at the #EMBO workshop on Intracellular and organelle mechanobiology. I’m grateful to have been able to share my postdoc project and for the questions/comments! The whole workshop has been super interesting, I have taken a lot of inspiration away from the talks so far and I am excited to for the rest of the day/week. (1/3) #MembraneTrafficking #Organelles #Mechanobiology #Condensates

Stefan F. Wirth Jan 14

RE: https://flipboard.com/@naturenewsteam/latest-science-news-d3hg9j0hz/-/a-XyMTZtGXQNa6xOoinvTjJA%3Aa%3A166866041-%2F0

How do #cancercells manage to infiltrate #lymphnodes, for example, where lots of #immunecells are active and should be able to destroy them? According to a new study in
Cell Metabolism, #mitochondrialtransfer between #cells is the cause. Cancer cells "#steal" these small #organelles, which are highly efficient #energysuppliers, from the immune cells, thereby weakening the latter.

reference
Azusa Terasaki et al. (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2025.12.014

@Co_Biologists Oct 17

Early-career researchers, apply to attend our Workshop!

Application deadline: Friday 24 October

Find out more: https://www.biologists.com/workshops/april-2026/

#BiologistsWorkshops #Biology #Workshop #Career #Research #Networking #Collaboration #Metabolism #Enzymes #Organelles #Cells #Physiology #Development #Metabolites

@Co_Biologists Oct 6

Less than a month left for early-career researchers to apply for a funded place at our Workshop on Revisiting Metabolic Fundamentals, organised by Lydia Finley and Wilhelm Palm.

Apply by 24 October.

https://biologists.com/workshops/april-2026/

#BiologistsWorkshops #Biology #Workshop #Metabolism #Enzymes #Organelles #Cells #Physiology #Development #Metabolites

ISEP Apr 18, 2025

New #ISEPpapers! Hijacking and integration of algal #plastids and #mitochondria in a polar planktonic host: Ananya Kedige Rao et al. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00392-6

"Hosts steal active plastids, mitochondria, and nuclei from the microalga #Phaeocystis... Stolen plastids increase in volume, and their photosynthetic activity is boosted... Stolen mitochondria transform into a network in close association with plastids"

#Microbes #Algae #Protists #Symbiosis #Organelles #Plankton

preLights Mar 25, 2025

We’re capturing the energy of #biologists100 by walking around with a polaroid frame, highlighting the incredible early-career researchers at the conference! ✨

We’re kicking things off with @JontyTownson, the #preLights conference reporter, who is uncovering the stories behind the #preprints being presented.

If you're at the meeting, please come say hi + get your snapshot! 📸

#community #selfies #imaging #organelles

Vermont Citizen Scientist Mar 19, 2025

Introducing the “nitroplast”
A cell pulls off one of the 'Holy Grails' of biotechnology https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5330385/a-cell-pulls-off-one-of-the-holy-grails-of-biotechnology #biotech #organelles #nitrogen #endosymbiosis (maybe?)

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jan 17, 2025

New research on #protists sheds light on #DeepSea energy sources https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/foraminifer/

Array of metabolic pathways in kleptoplastidic #foraminifera supports #chemoautotrophy in dark, euxinic seafloor sediments https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/19/1/wrae248/7923457 by Fatma Gomaa et al.

"This species takes up unrelated organism’s #chloroplasts — #organelles that perform #photosynthesis... We know #kleptoplasty is happening here, but we needed to understand why this foraminifer is so successful in the dark, without oxygen"

New study provides insight into how some species thrive in dark, oxygen-free environments

New research on single-celled organisms sheds light on deep-sea energy sources

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

KaiserScience Dec 3, 2024

Teaching about cells, organelles, cell transport or reproduction, etc.? I have resources to share.I’ve taught high school for many years, SPED to Honors. The differentiation & adaptations I made for SPED became sought after by other students, even at Honors level. I've worked hard at developing a helpful sequence of ideas, embedded vocabulary support, step-by-step graphics, and analogies.

* What are characteristics of Life?
* Organelles
* Enzymes
* Diffusion and Osmosis
* Endocytosis and exocytosis
* Single-celled organisms - Bacteria and Archaea
* How do cells reproduce?
* The cell cycle, mitosis
* Asexual reproduction
* Meiosis
* Interactive apps
* Learning standards

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/cells/

#cells #biology #Organelles #teaching #NGSS
#biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience

Cells

Here you can find all my resources, including many free downloads – KaiserScience TpT resources Here are some typical organisms (forms of life on Earth.) Organisms are made of tissues Tissue…

KaiserScience

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Dec 2, 2024

A single cell's siesta: How non-moving #microbes manage to avoid bright light https://phys.org/news/2024-11-cell-siesta-celled-bright.html

Light-regulated #chloroplast morphodynamics in a single-celled dinoflagellate https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2411725121

"The structure that allows the chloroplast to make necessary changes was found to be a network of thin filaments. Together, these filaments form a material that can easily contract and expand in all directions."

#Protists #Algae #Organelles #Plastids #Dinoflagellates #Biology #CellBiology

A single cell's siesta: How non-moving single-celled organisms manage to avoid bright light

Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight—in fact, they need it to stay alive—but they tend to avoid light that is too bright. Animals go to their shelter, humans have a siesta, even plants have mechanisms to avoid an overdose of light. But how do non-moving single-celled organisms deal with light that is too intense? Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have discovered the surprising answer.

Phys.org